Drowning City: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Skilled series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Drowning City audiobook runs 10.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Marnye Young (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Skilled
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 29.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinking City | 10.6 hrs |
| 2 | Drowning City | 10.7 hrs |
| 3 | Rising City | 8.6 hrs |
More narrated by Marnye Young
Marnye Young narrates 201 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,706 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
1,318 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Drowning City is book 2 of Janci Patterson's Skilled series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Marnye Young, released December 6, 2022, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marnye Young
- Released
- December 6, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance (Teen & YA), Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- Skilled #2
- ISBN
- 9798765045763
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Drowning City audiobook?
Drowning City runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is the Drowning City audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Drowning City?
Drowning City is narrated by Marnye Young.
Is Drowning City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.